Elk Peak
Elk Peak rises to 3,352 m in Wyoming. Cloud Peak stands 4,017 m to the southeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Saddle Mountain, a peak 0.7 miles away. Bighorn Scenic Byway passes 9.7 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Wyoming, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49027841, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3,352 m
How to reach it
- 9.7 mi off the Bighorn Scenic Byway
- 14.4 mi off the Red Gulch/Alkali National Back Country Byway
- 18.0 mi off the Medicine Wheel Passage
- 25.0 mi off the Cloud Peak Skyway
Overlooks nearby
- Fallen City Scenic Viewpoint · 18 mi
- Beaver Creek Overlook · 26 mi
- Loaf Mountain Overlook Observation Site · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Saddle Mountain: 0.7 mi
- Black Rib: 2.6 mi
- Dome Peak: 4.2 mi
- Dome Rock: 4.8 mi
- Preacher Rock: 5.6 mi
- Coffeen Park: 4.6 mi
- Heidley Park: 5.3 mi
- Long Park: 6.4 mi
- Big Goose Park: 6.7 mi
- Triangle Park: 8.5 mi
- Red Grade Spring: 13.2 mi
- Bull Springs: 13.8 mi
- Reserve Spring: 15.4 mi
- Three Springs: 15.4 mi
- Bard Spring: 16.5 mi
- Weston Point: 3.3 mi
- Spanish Point: 9.7 mi
- Spear Lake Cliff: 11.1 mi
- Ed Point: 18.4 mi
- Devils Leap: 19.7 mi
- Twin Lakes Picnic Area: 4.7 mi
- Granite Creek Picnic Area: 10.8 mi
- Pine Island Picnic Area: 17.5 mi
- Burgess Picnic Area: 19.0 mi
- North Fork Picnic Area: 24.8 mi
- The Brinton Museum: 17.3 mi
- Bozeman Trail Museum: 19.2 mi
- Fort Phil Kearny Visitor Center: 24.8 mi
- Wagon Box Battle Monument: 21.4 mi
- Fetterman Monument: 24.3 mi
- Shell Falls: 14.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.8 miles of Elk Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cloud Peak | SE 145° | 4,017 m | 13.8 mi |
| Merlon | SE 145° | 3,975 m | 14.0 mi |
| Mount Woolsey | SE 143° | 3,942 m | 12.6 mi |
| Kramer Peak | SE 143° | 3,918 m | 13.4 mi |
| Bomber South Peak | SE 144° | 3,901 m | 15.5 mi |
| Sawtooth Mountain | SE 138° | 3,854 m | 13.3 mi |
| Innominate | SE 143° | 3,853 m | 12.9 mi |
| Hallelujah | SE 140° | 3,837 m | 12.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:13 | 18:43 | 19:22 |
| June solstice | 05:25 | 20:14 | 20:59 |
| September equinox | 06:57 | 18:30 | 19:09 |
| December solstice | 07:44 | 15:45 | 16:33 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jul–Aug.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 19 | 18 | 24 | 29 | 39 | 48 | 56 | 55 | 47 | 35 | 25 | 18 |
| Precip in | 1.4 | 1.7 | 2.1 | 2.8 | 3.5 | 2.4 | 1.6 | 1.2 | 2.0 | 2.3 | 1.6 | 1.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Burgess Junction, 18 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356500984
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